Natasha Keating

Name
Natasha Keating
Iwi/Ethnicity
Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Māori
Ngāi Tūhoe/Māori
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi/Māori
Date of birth
1972
Gender
Female
Biography
Natasha Keating is a mixed-media artist, exhibiting nationally and internationally for over 20 years. Beginning her art training in the early 1990s, her creative practice examines Māori and indigenous people through paint and ink on wood.

Techniques of whakairo (carving), carved relief work, paint and ink on wooden planks are all hallmarks of her practice. When arranged together, they reflect a symbolism of rebuilding forests, recognition and confirmation of empowering rangatiratanga (authority).